Unscramble OROGENESES and you have 244 words, OROGENESES itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. OOGENESES is the best of the shorter words, at 10 points. It has 10 letters, 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from OROGENESES split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 13 with 7, 44 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words in OROGENESES: OOGENESES, for 10 points.
Of the 44 6-letter words from OROGENESES, 23 score 7 points, the group's best. SENSOR, GENRES and SOONER are the ones most people know.
36 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble OROGENESES tie at 6 points; none scores more. GREEN, SENSE and SONGS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in OROGENESES, 36 score 5 points, the group's best. SONG, GOES and ONES are the ones most people know.
18 of 51 3-letter words made with OROGENESES letters tie at 4 points; none scores more. ONE, SEE and SON will look familiar.
Keep every letter of OROGENESES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with OR · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ENGROSS, GENESES, ORGONES, OROGENS and RENEGES (8 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OROGENESES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OROGENESES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 244) | 171 | 244 | 153 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ENGORES, GREESES, SOOGEES, ENGORE, ERGONS, GERNES, GREESE, GRESES, GRONES, SEROONS, SOGERS, SOOGEE and 61 more, 73 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: OROGENS, OROGEN, SNOOSE, ESNES, NEGS, ORGS, RENOS, RESES, SENES, ESNE, ESSE, GOS and 6 more, 18 in all.